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    Grateful Dead Press Conference To Announce Partnership With UC Santa Cruz

    The conference is over. We will be putting it up permanently on this page as soon as we get it.

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    (NOTE: Contrary to rumor, this has nothing to do with any sort of Dead reunion or tour)

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    presto
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    Terrapin Station museum
    "All that material, which Law explained would have found a home in the Dead's once-planned Terrapin Station museum, will be housed at the McHenry library at Santa Cruz." RELIX Magazine There is your answer. I haven't seen this comment in any other article regarding that UCSC deal. It's been more than a week. Don't bet on them posting the MP-3 of that press conference here either...
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    I just don't understand why all of this is taken so SERIOUSLY . . .(must be important) & then i learned what GDTRFB meant –]
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Grateful Dead Press Conference To Announce Partnership With UC Santa Cruz

The conference is over. We will be putting it up permanently on this page as soon as we get it.

 

(NOTE: Contrary to rumor, this has nothing to do with any sort of Dead reunion or tour)

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Submitted by ChinaKat on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 06:00

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April 24 (Bloomberg) -- The University of California atSanta Cruz will receive the Grateful Dead's archives from the surviving members of the group, which helped to define the San Francisco psychedelic sound, the Wall Street Journal reported. The collection includes photos, artwork, press clippings, posters, letters, backstage passes and other documents collected by the band over 30 years, as well as fan memorabilia, the Journal said. It doesn't include the group's vault of live recordings, which still generate new releases and revenue, the report said.
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Submitted by jackstraw172 on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 06:31

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NO REUNION, just political stuff.
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Submitted by Grasshead on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 06:36

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SAN FRANCISCO — It may be the ultimate collection of paraphernalia of a band known for its fondness of paraphernalia, legal and otherwise. The Grateful Dead, whose songs celebrated personal freedom, American idealism and mind-altering drugs, will donate a cache of their papers, posters and props on Thursday to the University of California, Santa Cruz, which plans to use the musical miscellany as part of a research center to be known as Dead Central. What exactly is to be donated, of course, is something of a mystery even to band insiders. “It’s kind of a surprise box to us as well,” said John Perry Barlow, one of the group’s lyricists. “We’ll get to find out what’s in there as well.” University archivists say the collection was drawn from the band’s various studios and business offices and dates back to the Dead’s founding in 1965. Among the items are rare photographs, press clippings, stage props, vintage posters, backstage passes and set and guest lists for some of the band’s innumerable concerts, which were famed for their lengthy jams and die-hard tape-swapping followers, the Deadheads. The head of special collections and archives at the university, Christine Bunting, said much of the material to be unveiled Thursday at the Fillmore, the San Francisco rock club, was in fact sent to the band from Deadheads, including band-inspired artwork and personal letters. “And lots of, you know, poems,” Ms. Bunting added. Unfortunately for fans, the collection includes no new music from the group, which formally disbanded after the death of the guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia in 1995, though some members have continued to play together occasionally. Ms. Bunting said much of the material, which covers about 2,000 square feet, had been in a warehouse at an undisclosed location in Northern California, but would be open to the public in a renovated room at the university’s library. While the band inspired no end of drug paraphernalia, Ms. Bunting said none was in the collection. The university, located in a hippie-friendly city 75 miles south of San Francisco, already teaches a popular undergraduate course about the Grateful Dead’s music, and is known as “a hotbed of current Deadhead culture,” said Bob Weir, the group’s rhythm guitarist. Mr. Weir said the band had decided to donate the memorabilia in part to keep it from getting lost as years went by. “It seemed to all of us that the stuff really belongs to the community that supported us for all those years,” he said. “And Santa Cruz seemed the coziest possible home for it.”
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Submitted by hemphit on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 07:33

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"You have an empty cup that only love can fill.". Peace and Happiness to all. Namaste<><>....Very cool. Can not wait...
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Submitted by deadheaddad32 on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 07:54

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Press conference is about putting all the Dead "stuff" in a library on display in Santa Cruz....SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!!!
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Submitted by PacaTroll on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 08:21

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Elves Know No Bounds...I await the truth with abandoned disappointment if it is true... -Pacatroll, -President, -League of Redundancy League
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Submitted by Dermot on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 08:36

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In the good old soundboard tradition, GDP are going to make the complete collection of Dead music available for free listen/download. Nothing left to do but ...
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Submitted by headwall07 on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 08:39

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Now I'm VERY sure that stopping my job at UC Berkeley and starting my job at UC Santa Cruz was a most excellent idea. Looking forward to meditating in the Dead reading room at McHenry Library, a short walk from my office.
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Submitted by Bach 2 Bach on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 09:59

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...Thank you Eileen, for saving that stuff all these years. --------------------------------- I'm not Beethoven
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Submitted by Danger on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:26

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They can put it right next to the Heinlein stuff.
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Submitted by Gr8fuljess on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:28

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Could we finaly see the Terrapin Station complex? I bought my CD set several years ago that was supposed to help finance the building. Then no news at all. I bet they have a location now and the building will start soon. One man gathers what another man spills.
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Submitted by Hunter on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:34

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Where can we go to see this press confrence? The email I got said that it would be available to stream for a short time after. Anyone know anything? Thanks and rock on! "The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean." www.geocities.com/newcamptownraces/ gratefulgoddamneddead.html
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Submitted by Grasshead on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:11

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Why would the Band choose a site to cover the press conference that sucks so bad? Shit, record the damn thing and put it here!
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Submitted by dstache on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:20

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So what is happening? What are they announcing?
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Submitted by slugowen on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:23

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i am going to this collection 5 times a week
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Submitted by muffin on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:24

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eileen just spoke about how it is nice to have a place for it to go and that the dreams of BG to have a rock museum and the dream of terrapin station have faded.... I guess that answered my question as to what happened with the TS idea... bobby and mickey are chatting away and seem really happy with the decision...where is phil and billy though (huh, maybe it says a lot as to why there will not be a reunion) muffin www.creativemuffin.com
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Submitted by GRTUD on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:52

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Grate News! Another reason to visit California. Thank you, everyone! "You know what the trouble about real life is? There's no danger music."
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Submitted by hey_bob on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:54

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watch it when you get a chance...the musicians turn it over to the mapmakers :) - more adventures on the horizon
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Submitted by scottlovett on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:55

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I wonder if they would hire me?!?!?!?!I can't wait to visit it!!!!
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Submitted by TomBanjo on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:57

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TomBanjoI never had such a good time in my life before. Like to have it one time more, one good ride from start to end I would like to take that ride again.
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Submitted by Upstate NY on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:59

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From the sounds of it this is going to take a while to catalog this stuff. Plus just imagine how much is really there. Eileen said she has been saving stuff since the first Dead newsletters of the early 70's. Weir and Hart have no idea how much is in there. Some of it sounds more like it should go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rather than a library, but I am sure they will figure it out. A pretty cool press conference though and Bob and Mickey were pretty funny about it all.
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Submitted by docks of the city on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:09

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I'm dancin' in the street.
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Submitted by butaqa on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:17

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Missed the conference. No setup information on website until after the conference had started; it would be nice in the future to list connection and software requirements so one could be prepared .... Aghhhh! Brian To get from 'cool' to 'real' you have to pass thru a lot of awkward - its a magical place we all trudge thru.
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Submitted by muddyriver on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:17

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Sounds good, very well thought out. Great news for all.
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Submitted by geo on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:23

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It was stated that UCSC would work with others, specifically the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in loaning certain items for exhibition elsewhere. As a former Banana Slug, I'm totally stoked to go visit again, and again (and again!). :)
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Submitted by rowjimmyrow on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:21

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i believe the announcement is that they are gonna move their archive to UC santa cruz... heyyy....wait a minute... i live in santa cruz!!! ....maybe we should all enroll!!
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Submitted by DooDahDan on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:38

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I loved Mickey's warning to the archivists about not licking any of the papers ..... Great concept and a long time coming. There is a certain sense of redemption/satisfaction for having plunked down the $50 or bucks years back for the Terrapin Station release in support of the Dead's musuem that had possible chance (in hindsight) of getting of the ground. I wonder if they will be contacting Bear for any of his materials.
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Submitted by Olompali on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 13:01

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Bear is one tough nut to crack when it comes to his stash.
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Submitted by DooDahDan on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 13:46

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... but Bear can't live forever and it makes no sense for his stash to remain stuck in the land downunder. I wouldn't mind seeing some of Latvala's binders with his notes on his tape collection, show reviews, etc included in the collection. That's some really relevant stuff as far as I'm concerned.
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Submitted by myeviltwin on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 14:40

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The archive should definitely include examples of blotter art.
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Submitted by freeway on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 16:18

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perhaps something enviromental or political?
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Submitted by dpasewark on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 16:23

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I hear by bequeath my brain and DNA to the GD archives. NFA->GDTRFB is encoded into my genes and my brain, well, never mind.
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Submitted by Olompali on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 17:40

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Does any other rock band/musician have a full fledged, public archive/library?Is there a Dylan museum? Howzabout The Beatles? Rolling Stones? Hendrix is enshrined by th Experience Music Project in Seattle but he has become a smaller factor in their scheme of things Elvis estate has Graceland but that is a home. But maybe that kinda' counts. The Grateful Dead Center at UC Santa Cruz Might just be a first for a rock and roll band. This ol' goat just might find a reason to go.... Back to School! Move over Rodney
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Submitted by DeadHeadJay on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 18:32

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Get me all excited and for what?? No reunion just political crap-ola! Oh well at least Bob & Phil is touring all this summer!
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Submitted by augstwst on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 20:41

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I can't help thinking that putting this stuff at a university, sorta like a museum, sorta like a presidential library, pretty much says it all for the good 'ol grateful dead -- it's history. We can still enjoy and appreciate it -- but only as artifacts.
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Submitted by cousinkix1953 on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 21:23

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"The conference is over. We will be putting it up permanently on this page as soon as we get it." Cool with me. Using that ICLIPS website is a pain in the azz. Wanna listen to the Tapers Section here? Click...
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Submitted by mtfreak on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 00:41

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So, since we were once told (long ago) that "Terrapin Station" would contain these same types of items, does this mean that those of us that donated money long ago should give up hope? Is this confirmation that, since an "official" GD museum will never happen, these types of objects will best be preserved at UCSC? Also, given the LONG history between the GD and Berkeley, why not there? Does this have anything to do with the fact that UCSC has, for a LONG time, offered credit for a course in GD history? Or maybe it's because Cal has grown away from it's liberal roots in the past decade as it's academic reputation began to equal that of the Ivy league schools on the east coast (at a FRACTION of the cost) and it's students became more interested in their own careers than the social causes that helped to define and identify the name in the past. As a UC grad, I agree that UCSC is the holdout. As the UC schools gain more grants, more reputation, and more applicants. UCSC stands out as continuing to hold onto a vision of providing quality, liberal, PUBLIC education that reflects the values of the California community it grew out of. Cal, UCLA, UCSB, UCI - all LOST their liberal values as they struggled to win research grants and "select" the "best" students (those with high GPAs and SATs, but low Emot IQ and social concern). UCSC remains as the school that never gave up on their ideals. A good choice, IMNSHO... I wonder if any of the envelopes I drew on will be included!